2 hurt in northeast Charlotte crash that shut down busy roadway
Two people are hurt, and part of The Plaza is shut down after a crash in northeast Charlotte Thursday morning.
Uptown Transit Meltdown as CATS Guard Caught Beating Teen on Video
A viral clip is once again putting security at Charlotte's main transit hub under the microscope, after a Charlotte Area Transit System guard was caught on video punching and repeatedly kicking a teenage girl in the head outside the Charlotte Transportation Center in Uptown. A second camera angle shows other security...
Big Builder Drops 280-Home Bomb On Charlotte Suburbs
M/I Homes is getting ready to crank up construction around Charlotte, with the builder saying Thursday it will start sales on more than 280 new residences spread across two regional communities. One of those projects, Montevue, is slated for roughly 93 homes on about 63 acres along Odell School Road in Concord, while...
Video shows security at Uptown transit center punch, kick 17-year-old girl
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A video circulating on social media shows a private security officer beating a 17-year-old at the CATS Transit Center in Uptown Charlotte, but security officials say it doesn’t show the full picture. The video posted on the ‘charlittt.nc’ Instagram page shows an officer slam the...
Driver dies in daylight head-on wreck in Charlotte, police say
A driver died in a head-on crash in Charlotte on Thursday, police said. Julian Allen, 35, was pronounced dead at the scene of the wreck in the 9900 block of Statesville Road, according to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department news release. That’s just south of Interstate 485 and Huntersville. Just after 5:30...
No, no. ‘Not for me.’ 911 calls revealed from the Plaza shopping center road...
James Calvin Rothwell Jr., 55, faces first-degree murder and three counts of shooting into occupied vehicles after the February 19 road-rage shooting that killed 38-year-old Sean Brandon Mason outside the Food Lion at 7400 The Plaza in northeast Charlotte. Incident sequence. Road rage escalated around 4:30 p.m. when...
Woman says Charlotte cemetery threw away decorations family put on loved ones’ graves
She says she leaves decorations for her mother, grandmother, and brother at their graves -- things like flowers and teddy bears. But sometimes -- the items disappeared.
Missing North Carolina teen found in Florida traffic stop
PUTNAM COUNTY, Fl. (WJBF) – A 16-year-old girl reported missing from North Carolina was found during a traffic stop late Monday evening in Florida. According to a Facebook post, Deputy Chewning with the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, noticed a vehicle speeding. The vehicle slowed down, but the deputy still initiated...
Cyberstalkers sentenced in Chick-fil-A employee’s death
A Charlotte family said they finally felt a sense of justice Thursday after two people were sentenced in federal court for cyberstalking and extorting a Chick-fil-A employee who later died by suicide.
Video shows CATS security guard punching, kicking teen in head at uptown station
A video circulating on social media shows a Charlotte Area Transit System security guard punching and kicking a teen in the head outside the Charlotte Transportation Center in uptown. The nearly minute-long video, posted by the Instagram account @charlittt.nc , shows a uniformed female security guard throwing a young...
